The Federal Aviation Administration removed its ban on U.S. passenger planes flying to and from Israel's busiest airport Wednesday night, more than a day after stopping all the flights citing security concerns.

Venice native Igor Scomparin led tours all over Europe with Globus for a decade before returning home to be a "local host" for Monograms. Now, this tourism industry veteran's mission is to show the real, authentic Venice to travelers who...

World Travel Market’s Responsible Tourism Programme will include some of the biggest names in travel - including Tui, Thomas Cook, Kuoni, Virgin Holidays and ABTA. This year’s programme stretches across all four days of the event for the...

NATS handled 206,315 flights in June, which is an increase of 2.4 per cent when compared to the same period last year. Scheduled traffic rose at ten out of the fifteen airports where NATS operate air traffic control.

InterContinental Hotels Group has announced the signing of three more Holiday Inn Express hotels in the UK: Holiday Inn Express London – Vauxhall Nine Elms, Holiday Inn Express Leigh – Sports Village and Holiday Inn Express Wigan in Grea...

Passenger traffic at Dubai International rose to 34,676,090 during the first half of 2014, up 6.2 per cent from the same period last year despite a runway refurbishment programme that reduced the airport to a one-runway operation and cut...

Air Algerie has lost contact with one of its planes over the Sahara Desert on route from Burkina Faso to Algiers. The national airline of Algeria said contact was lost about 50 minutes after take-off from Ouagadougou.

Scotland has welcomed the world with an Opening Ceremony to the XX Commonwealth Games featuring thousands of friendly faces, a blend of bagpipes, banter and bravado and a soundtrack made for the best party in town. Global celebrities joi...

More than 40 people are feared dead after a TransAsia flight crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing in Taiwan. The passenger plane came down in typhoon conditions while attempting to land at Magong Airport on the outlying ...

Investigators in the UK have begun the examination of two flight data recorders from the downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. All 298 people on board flight MH17 were killed in the crash in Ukraine on July 17th, including ten Britons.

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A TransAsia flight has crashed following an attempted emergency landing in Taiwan with the loss of more than 40 lives. The domestic flight came down near Magong Airport on the outlying Penghu Island in typhoon conditions.

The Netherlands is preparing to receive the first bodies recovered from the crash site of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The flight came down in a rebel-held area of Ukraine last week with the loss of 298 lives.

Small Luxury Hotels of the World has confirmed a 13 per cent rise in revenue for the second quarter when compared to the same period in 2013. This was matched by a six per cent increase in room nights compared to the same time last year.

Delta Air Lines has reported financial results for the three months to June 30th, revealing pre-tax income of $1.4 billion, excluding special items, an increase of $593 million over the same period last year. Delta’s net income for the p...

Click more below to see the recap of yesterday’s #RTWChat on Twitter There are lots of myths out there about long-term, round the world travel. But most are exactly that – myths. Yesterday on #RTWChat, we discussed the most c...

Grace Kim loves to hear stories and learn about different cultures. Her studies in Public Health have taken her to Honduras, India and Panama. She is a child of Los Angeles but has wanderlust in her heart. Dear Florence, Nine years ago I...

Earth is known to be home to some fascinating, seemingly otherworldly places. One such place is Vale da Lua in Brazil, which is adjacent... The post Step Foot on the “Valley of the Moon” in Brazil appeared first on When On Ea...

Seasoned travelers know that safety is paramount -- especially when you're traveling alone . Even the most innocent-looking pizza menu or lost bracelet can double as a sneaky ploy to grab your money or passport. The folks at Just the Fli...

Like, how many pairs of underwear do I actually bring on this trip? Will I have time to do wash? What if I stay an extra day? And -- most importantly -- will extra tighty-whiteys bulk up my suitcase?! Sounds like you need a statistics-ba...

If you fancy yourself an eco-friendly traveler, then chain hotels just won't do. Sustainable, ethical and oh-so green, these six hotels will treat both you and the environment very well. Located in beautiful places around the world, thes...

I would like to take a moment to talk about durian. I have to. I have spent the larger part of the morning working on a post about the Khmer Rouge, and I very much need a mental break, and talking about stinky fruit will allow for that t...

In the beginnings of travel metasearch there were rumblings that it was going to be an outlet that favored suppliers such as airlines and hotels. In the hotel sphere, it has all turned out to be the opposite with online travel agencies d...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee officials have signed a five-year, $60 million contract with a Kansas City, Missouri firm to produce the "Made in Tennessee" tourism campaign. The marketing agency VML, which has opened a Nashville offic...

Sustainable hotels come in all shapes and sizes. McKenna’s Inn, located in Catawba Island Township, Ohio, is a perfect example; despite being the smallest hotel we’ve ever featured, this hotel has jumped into the deep end of su...

I am not about to make a big reveal in regards to how pervasive the use of technology is within the hospitality industry. It's an everyday reality for all of us in this modern world and is key to our operations. But, I realize that while...

For many Americans, hotel room service is considered a travel luxury; however, data from PFK Hospitality Research1 suggests that room service revenues fell 9.5 percent from 2007 to 2012, with some hotels shuttering unprofitable operation...

Compared to YTD June 2013, the Americas region reported a 3.2-percent increase in occupancy to 63.6 percent, a 3.7-percent increase in average daily rate to US$116.43 and a 7.0-percent increase in revenue per available room to US$74.09.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today reported EPS from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2014 of $0.80 compared to $0.71 in the second quarter of 2013. Excluding special items, EPS from continuing operations was ...

Clarisa Jimenez, president & CEO of the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association (PRHTA), will assume the post of regional vice president effective immediately. Jose Rivera Campos, vice president of development for AMResorts in Cancú...

Lifestyle Holidays Vacation Club (Lifestyle), located on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic on Cofresi Beach, has announced its expansion into Mexico with the new Sea Adventure by Lifestyle Resort, located on 1,300 feet of white s...

Despite all the headlines about a number of casino hotels closing and the rapid downward spiral in gaming revenues in the last few years, analysts and representatives of Atlantic City’s hotel and tourism industry do see positive signs. F...

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, RevPAR increased 7.8 percent to $177.10, with occupancy growth of 1.1 percent to 79.3 percent and ADR improvement of 6.7 percent to $223.44. The Company’s hotel EBITDA margin was 31.2 percent,...

I looked at those massive soccer centers in Brazil, filled with hundreds of thousands of wild fans. Hum, they all have to eat something and probably stay somewhere. Naturally, many were international travelers. Can you visualize the brid...

The Ritz-Carlton has launched a two and a half minute film highlighting impromptu performances by entertainers in Shanghai. Titled 'Miao,' which means mysterious and full of wonder in Mandarin, the show celebrates the combined world of l...

Cobblestone Hotels along with the City of Cambridge, Neb., celebrated the ground breaking of the future Cobblestone Inn and Suites there. Cobblestone Hotels currently has six hotels in the building and development stages in Nebraska and ...

The 11-year hospitality industry veteran previously served M&R as rooms operation manager at its Comfort Inn Midtown West on West 48th Street in New York. Earlier in her career, she was director of operations, front office manager and di...

Wisconsin could soon have an AC Hotel. As The Capital Times reports, while negotiations over a possible $50-million city subsidy for a new downtown Madison luxury hotel to serve Monona Terrace continue, public attention is turning to a s...

July 23, 2014 NEENAH, WISCONSIN – Cobblestone Hotels announced the signing of three hotels this week. The Cobblestone Inn and Suites in Cambridge, Neb., the Cobblestone Inn and Suites in Linton, N.D., and the Cobblestone Inn and Suites i...

Acentic has installed 1,350 rooms at the world's tallest hotel, the five star JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai with its Panorama technology. The project is nearing the final phase of its completion in September when all 1,608 rooms of Dubai's ...

LOS ANGELES—Structured Finance Associates LLC has announced the origination, structuring, and funding of a PACE bond with Los Angeles County in the amount of $6,860,000 for the DusitD2 Constance Pasadena located in Pasadena, Calif. “We a...

JLL Hotels and Hospitality Group has formed a strategic partnership with Guestline to help hoteliers increase the value of its properties through more relevant and accessible market intelligence and technology.

Hong Kong-based Langham Hotels will reportedly more than triple its size to 100 hotels within the next five years, with an Australian resort on the Queensland coast and a property in Perth in its sights, according to new company chief Bo...

Air Canada has announced it will resume flights to Tel Aviv beginning with tonight’s (July 24) AC84 YYZ-TLV flight as scheduled. The airline notes it will continue to monitor developments in Israel. The post Air Canada Resum...

Indian billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla has reportedly offered £550 million, or around $935 million, to acquire London's Grosvenor House hotel from Indian conglomerate Sahara Group, whose embattled chairman currently is in jail for alleged c...

NEW YORK, N.Y.—Loews Hotels & Resorts today announced that the company completed the acquisition of the 556-room InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel. Located less than two miles from O’Hare Airport and just 13 miles from downtown ...

An Air Algerie flight carrying 110 passengers and six crew members has crashed, reportedly in Niger, after disappearing from radar early this morning. The plane was on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers. It’s reported that the M...

A trend among tour operators is the practice of sustainable tourism which encourages guests, visitors and hotels in addition to the tour operator itself to be conscious of making a positive impact on the environment, society and community.